Spring suspension for automobiles



. BARRON;

SPRING SUSPENSION FOR'AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED IAN Patented Oct. 117-, 11922.

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earn ANDREW J. BARRON, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOH, TO THE CINCINNATI HORSE SHOE & IRON COIVIPAITY,

A CORPGRA'IION OF OHIO.

Application filed January 3, 1922.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. BARRON, residing at No. 159 Rockaway Avenue, in the city of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Suspensions for Auto mobiles, of which the following is a specification.

As is well known, the Ford type of truck and pleasure automobiles are equipped with springs that are suspended from perches by swinging shackles, and these springs are considered too rigid for commercial or pleasure use.

The object of my invention is to substitute a spring suspension of a more resilient nature and, therefore, better adapted for both commercial and pleasure purposes, by attaching improved devices for supporting side springs extending longitudinally of the car, which are simple in construction, easy to install, strong and durable, and provide perfectly rigid and entirely level bearings and supports for said springs, that cannot vary or creep or get out of position.

My spring bearing and support is particularly designed for use on a well known construction of axle, in which the axle-housing is provided with a lateral flange; and the invention resides, generally stated, in a spring-support, conveniently formed in one piece, adapted to be bolted through the usual perch-hole in said flange of the axle-housing, and having a pendent toe adapted to be bolted through the top radius-rod hole in said flange.

The invention, in its preferred form, is graphically disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through the axle and brake-housing, showing in eleva tion one of the spring supports; and

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation of one of the spring supports, the spring borne thereby and the radius rod being shown in section.

Referring, now, in detail to the drawing:

1 designates the axle-housing provided with a lateral flange, and comprising the arms or projections 2, 3 and 4:, the latter having the ears 5, 6 and 7, and the furca- Serial No. 528,745.

tions 8, 8 of the radius-rod 9 being bolted to the ears 5 and 7.

The drawing illustrates one of my spring supports, it being understood that one thereof is disposed at each end of the axle.

Said support is a one-piece member, constructed of a metal of suflicient strength for the purpose, and comprises a plate 10 having an angled skirt 11 depending from one of the longitudinal edges thereof. The skirt may advantageously be provided with strengthening webs 12, 12, any suitable number thereof being provided, two being shown in this instance.

The skirt 11 is provided with a hole adapted to register with the usual perch-hole in the angled arm 3 of the axle-housing 1; and a bolt 13 passes through such openings and into the brake-band housing 141, a nut 15 lljveing screwed on the threaded end of such The skirt 11 carries on its lower edge a lateral pendent toe 16, which is, at its free end, provided with an opening registering with the openings in the ear 5 and the furcation 8 of the radius-rod 9. A bolt 17 passes through such registering openings and into the brake-band housing 14:, and a nut 18 Il)S1SCI6W6Cl on the threaded end of such A washer or collar 19 is disposed between the ear 7 and the free end of the furcation 8, for an obvious purpose.

The side spring 20 is clamped to the plate '10 by means of bars 21, 21, through which and through the plate 10 project two pairs of bolts 22, nuts 23 being screwed on the threaded ends thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with an axle-housing having a flanged end, said flanged end comprising a plurality of arms, and one of said arms being provided with ears for the attachment thereto of the furcations of a radius-rod, of a spring-support secured to one of said arms and having a portion secured to one of said ears.

2. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with an axle-housing having a flanged end, said flanged end comprising a plurality of arms, and one of said arms being provided with ears for the attachment thereto of the furcations of a radius-rod, of a spring-support bolted to one of said arms and having a portion bolted to one of said ears.

3. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with anaXle-housing having a flanged end, said flanged end comprising a plurality of arms, and one of said arms), being provided with ears for the attachment thereto of the furcations of a radius-rod, of a spring support comprising a plate having an angled skirt depending from one of the longitudinal edges thereof, said skirt being secured to one of said projections and having a portion secured to one of said ears.

ANDREW J. BARRON. 

